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ORF-Enterprise has secured the distribution rights for Kafka, a miniseries co-produced by Superfilm, ORF and ARD.

Sky’s Katie Keenan, RTÉ’s Dermot Horan, MultiChoice’s Waldimar Pelser, SVT’s Karolina Stallwood and TV 2 Denmark’s Lars Erik Nielsen are set for a panel on scripted acquisition strategies during the TV Drama Festival, taking place October 3 to 5. You can register here for free.

Paramount+ has ordered a third season of the drama series Mayor of Kingstown.

Filming has started in Liverpool on the second season of the drama The Responder, produced by Dancing Ledge Productions (The Salisbury Poisonings, Crossfire) for BBC One and iPlayer.

Inter Medya has licensed three series from its catalog to TV Pasiones for broadcast in the U.S.

Film and TV producer Paul Trijbits (Saving Mr. Banks, The Casual Vacancy) and producer and former Focus Features and Universal executive JJ Lousberg have launched Magical Society UK in partnership with Joann Sfar’s Paris-based Magical Society.

The surveillance drama Concordia, produced by the Beta Film and ZDF Studios joint venture Intaglio Films, is set to make its world premiere at MIPCOM in Cannes on Tuesday, October 17.

CBS has slated the U.S. premiere of NCIS: Sydney, the first-ever international edition of the franchise, for November 13.

The Seoul Drama Awards Organizing Committee has unveiled the 12 winners of the 18th Seoul International Drama Awards.

Christian Wikander, global head of scripted at Banijay, is lined up for a keynote at the TV Drama Festival, taking place October 3 to 5. You can register here for free.